[Opensim-dev] The return of short version numbers (as tags)

[Frisby, Adam]

Where do we see this number? And is there any way to easily translate between the two?

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-
> bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Sean Dague
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 September 2009 5:14 AM
> To: opensim-dev
> Subject: [Opensim-dev] The return of short version numbers (as tags)
> 
> Late last week I found a script that tags each changeset that comes
> into the server with an increasing number.  When you pull on master,
> you'll see these tags now flow down.
> 
> Because the nature of distributed version control, this is only going
> to give you a rough idea of forward or backward in time.  Commits are
> made locally, and only when merged into the master server do they get
> an id.
> 
> http://github.com/opensim/opensim/network will give an idea of the
> complex dance of changesets and why this is never going to be fully
> linear.
> 
> But, that being said, the lack of a short version number like that is
> the #1 issue (by vocalness) that people were having with git.
> Hopefully this helps that.
> 
> This short version number only means anything if you are getting your
> tree from the main opensim archive.
> 
> 	-Sean
> 
> --
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> Sean Dague                                       Mid-Hudson Valley
> sdague at gmail.com                                 Linux Users Group
> http://dague.net                                 http://mhvlug.org
> 
> There is no silver bullet.  Plus, werewolves make better neighbors than
> zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down.
> __________________________________________________________________
>